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Presented by
Richard CameronDirector of Environmental Planning
Green Port Long Beach
Green Port Policy UpdateMay 2010
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Green Port Policy
• Protect the community from negative Port impacts
• Distinguish Port as environmental leader
• Promote sustainability
• Employ best available technology
• Engage and educatethe community
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Green Port Policy Elements
• Wildlife – Protect, maintain or restore aquatic ecosystems and marine habitats.
• Air – Reduce harmful air emissions from Port activities.
• Water – Improve the quality of Long Beach Harbor waters.
• Soils/Sediments – Remove, treat, or render suitable for beneficial reuse contaminated soils and sediments in the Harbor District.
• Community Engagement – Interact with and educate the community regarding Port operations and environmental programs.
• Sustainability – Implement sustainable practices in design and construction, operations, and administrative practices throughout the Port.
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Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP)
• Minimize health risk from port operations
• Build upon ports & tenants existing programs
• Set consistent project-specific & source-specific standards
• Enable port development
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Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP)
• 5-year joint port (POLB/POLA) plan
– minimize health risk, and
– reduce emissions from port operations
• Prepared in cooperation with EPA, CARB and AQMD
• Sets standards for San Pedro Bay, individual projects, and individual sources (i.e trucks, vessels, rail, harbor craft, cargo handling equipment)
• Expected to reduce 47% DPM, 45% NOx, and 52% SOx by 2011, when compared to no plan
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2009 CAAP Success
• Green Flag Program – 95% compliance!
– Expanded program out to 40nm
• Vessel Main Engine Fuel Incentive Program
• Shoreside power infrastructure – BP Berth 121 and ITS Pier G
• Clean Trucks Program
– 80% 2007 or better Trucks
• PHL Tier 2 fleet replacement
• Technology Advancement Program (TAP)
– AMECS Pilot Test - Pier Bulk Terminal
– Foss hybrid tug
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CTP Progressive Ban
Ban schedule:
• Ban pre-1989 trucks from Port service by 10/1/2008
• Ban 1989-1993 trucks from Port service by 1/1/2010
• Ban un-retrofitted 1994-2003 trucks from Port service by 1/1/2010
• Ban pre-2007 trucks from Port service by 1/1/2012
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Clean Truck Program Tariff
Tariff requirements:
• A progressive truck ban
• Registration Agreement for drayage trucks accessing Port terminals
• RFID tags on all drayage trucks
• Installation of RFID readers at all Ports’ terminals
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Current Status
• 8,000 old, polluting trucks were banned on Jan. 1, 2010
• Currently, more than 7,000 clean trucks in service
• Another ~1,000 clean trucks on order
• Truck pollution cut nearly 80% -- two years ahead of
schedule
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27%
11%
40%
30%
25%
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2008 Goal
2008 Goal
2008 Goal
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DPM NOx SOx
2007 2008 2008 Goal
2011 goal: 47% DPM
2011 goal: 45% NOx
2011 goal: 52% SOx
Progress Toward Achieving Original CAAP Goals
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Updates to the CAAP
• CAAP is a “living” document:• Review existing measures
• Evaluate new measures and technologies
• Incorporate new regulations
• Incorporate new information
• Development of San Pedro Bay Standards • Emissions Reduction Standards
• Health Risk Reduction Standard
• Update measure implementation
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Proposed San Pedro Bay Standards
• Emissions Reduction Standards– By 2014, reduce emissions by:
• 72% DPM
• 22% NOx
• 93% SOx
– By 2023, reduce emissions by:
• 77% DPM
• 59% NOx
• 92% SOx
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Proposed San Pedro Bay Standards
• Health Risk Reduction Standard– By 2020, reduce the population-weighted residential
cancer risk of port-related DPM emissions by 85%, in highly-impacted communities located proximate to port sources and throughout the residential areas in the port region
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Health Risk Assessment Results
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Tracking, Monitoring, and Reporting
• Expand Port-Area Real Time Air Monitoring Network
• Emissions Inventory-Regular Updates
• Monitor Progress on Clean Air Action Plan
• Report Progress on Clean Air Action Plan
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Renewable Energy/GHG Program
• Multi-divisional working group–evaluates and implements renewable energy projects
• Completed “Solar Energy Technology and Siting Study”
• Developed framework for renewable projects
– Capital projects
– Development projects
– Tenant incentive projects
• Tracks other types of renewable energy, such as wind, for eventual cost-effectiveness
• Development of a comprehensive GHG Emissions Reduction Program
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Water Resources Action Plan
• Joint efforts with both the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles with U.S. EPA Regional Water Quality Control Board and other stakeholders
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Water Resources Action Plan
• WRAP will improve water quality by:
– Building upon existing port programs
– Identifying innovative and proactive methods to meet current and upcoming regulatory requirements
– Identifying pollution control measures to improve water quality
• Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
• New Vessel Discharge Permit
• Sediment Management Plan
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Sustainability at POLB
Minimize negative impacts on the community that result from port activities Collect and
re-investuser feesto provide maximum operational efficiencies
Comply with local, state and federal regulations
•Beyond compliance•Healthy, thriving community•Financially solvent
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Green Port Policy
STRATEGIC PLANPerformance Measures
reporting Green Port Annual Report
Design“Green” Building
Criteria (LEED)
ConstructionManagement
RecycleConstruction Materials
MaintenanceTire Recycling
Facilities Retrofit forEnergy Conservation
Administration“Green” Office
SuppliesProcurement
Ride Share Program
WATERQUALITY
COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT
AIRSOIL/
SEDIMENTWILDLIFE SUSTAINABILITY
Integration of Sustainable Practices
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CAAP Triple Bottom Line Features (TBL)
Economic
Responsibility
• Equitable distribution
of financial burden
• Helps ports maintain
"license to operate"
Environmental
Responsibility
• Air quality
improvements
• Energy/fuel efficiency
improvements
• Advances new
technologies
• Creates model for
regulators and
politicians
• Ecological health
side benefits
Social
Responsibility
• Human health risk
reductions
• Includes
stakeholders in
decision making
• Creates jobs
• Process is
transparent
• Protects integrity of
workers
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Next Steps for Sustainability
• New programs and projects
• Assign goals, targets, and metrics for all sustainability programs
• Collaborate with City on sustainability initiatives and reporting
• Share what we’ve learned with our tenants and provide incentives for sustainable operations
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• Modernize Piers D,E & F
• Cut pollution by 50%
• Create 14,000 jobs
• 1000 trucks off the road
• LEED Certified Bldgs.
• “Green” terminal
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Middle Harbor Redevelopment
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Middle Harbor Mitigation Funds
• $15 million to start
– $5 million for Schools and Related Sites
– $5 million for Health Care and Senior Facilities
– $5 million for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions
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What are the goals?
Offset impacts of port-related pollution to the community
Fund projects that provide the greatest benefits to the largest number of sensitive receptors
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Impact Zones
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Thank You!
www.polb.com